Monday, March 09, 2009

Principled Politics - 2

The Left Front, which has been pushing for the reservation of one- third of the seats in Parliament for women, has fielded only two women out of 42 candidates in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections.

In 2004, the Left Front had fielded five women from the state, known as a staunch Leftist bastion, and three of them won. But this time, it has retained only two of the three women who had won in 2004.

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Comments:

I think it's a little bit of a joke that the women politicians quoted here should think their party is in any position to "set an example" to other states when it comes to fielding women candidates. Don't you think so?

It's all the more sad coming from a party that supposedly subjects it's members to self-criticism.

BTW I must declare I suppose that I am not against the principles that the CPs stand for!Shuba Desikan